Her Jungle Love (1938): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1938, Her Jungle Love is an action, abenteuer, liebesfilm and musik film directed by George Archainbaud, running about 81 minutes. “TWO WHITE MEN...A JUNGLE GODDESS...A HORDE OF NATIVE...RULED BY A MADMAN!” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. While searching the South Pacific for a missing aviator, Bob Mitchell and Jimmy Wallace are caught in a typhoon and crack up on an island, escaping unharmed with the aid of Tura, a beautiful jungle girl who is the only inhabitant of the island and is believed a goddess by the natives of the adjoining islands. The three are about to leave the island on a make-shift raft when a gang of savage tribesman land, headed by Kuasa, a half-mad potentate who informs them that all whites are his mortal enemies because an Englishwoman once spurned his love and he got his revenge by stealing her daughter, who is Tura.

Who’s in it. Her Jungle Love stars Dorothy Lamour as Tura, Ray Milland as Bob Mitchell, Lynne Overman as Jimmy Wallace and J. Carrol Naish as Kuasa, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.5/10, Her Jungle Love has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Her Jungle Love page.

If you liked it. Fans of Her Jungle Love tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, Der Herr der Ringe - Die Rückkehr des Königs, Inception and Der Herr der Ringe - Die Gefährten.